> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-cifs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-cifs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On > Behalf Of David Disseldorp > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 10:59 AM > To: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Aurélien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx>; ronnie sahlberg > <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx>; CIFS <linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] smb3: create smb3 equivalent alias for cifs pseudo-xattrs > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:56:12 -0500, Steve French wrote: > > > There is precedent here in kernel code with aliases. > > Okay, sorry for the noise. In that case I guess this change makes sense, > though I share Aurel's concern about new protocol versions requiring > yet more aliasing. The SMB3 dialect version is unlikely to change in future, because the protocol now has negotiate and treeconnect "contexts". Since 3.1.1, these contexts have been seamlessly extending the protocol, as opposed to the earlier approach of dialect revision flag days. There may be other reasons for aliasing the protocol name in the Linux utils, but don't be too concerned about having to do it for new dialects. Tom.
